Donna Trowbridge of
the Sandscript was presented with a summer workshop partial grant to the
Indiana University High School Journalism Institute in Bloomington by Hayduk,
while Thanos gave grants to the Ball State University Summer Media Academy
in Muncie to Marissa Ciesielski, Alyssa Clemento, Tatiana Flores, Avery
Nunez, Whitney Schreiber, Katherine Smith, and Olivia White of Singing
Sands.

Also honored were
new and current members of the Kathryn Elizabeth Pokorny Chapter of the
International Honorary Society of High School Journalists (Quill and Scroll)
and other staff members of the Sandscript and Singing Sands.

Quill and Scroll
inducted eight new members and recognized five current members during a
ceremony emceed by president Katherine Smith and sponsor John Hayduk.

Those inducted from
the Sandscript included Zachary Barnes, Christian Martin, Megan McGue, Donna
Trowbridge, and Katelynn Williams, while those from Singing Sands included
Alyssa Clemento, John Thanos, and Olivia White.

Receiving updated
pins were Adriana Cavlovic, Lauren Lecy, and Daniel Vincent of the
Sandscript, and Whitney Schreiber and Katherine Smith of Singing Sands.
Senior members receiving honor certificates included Zachary Barnes and
Daniel Vincent of the Sandscript, and Katherine Smith of Singing Sands, who
also was presented with a graduation honor cord for her eight semesters of
outstanding journalistic work.

Service
certificates and major awards for the Sandscript and Singing Sands were
presented by Hayduk and Thanos, respectively.

Gregory Mochen of
the Sandscript received the South Bend Tribune Most-Valuable Newspaper
Staffer Award; he, along with other Michiana high school journalists, will
be featured in the Tribune in June.

Among other
Sandscript staffers honored were Leslie Taubert, best cub reporter; Zachary
Barnes, best new staffer; Lauren Lecy, most committed staffer; Adriana
Cavlovic, most improved staffer; Donna Trowbridge, most professional
staffer; and Katarina Gregurich, most promising designer.

For producing
quality work in a unassuming manner, the Sandscript’s Carlos Martinez,
Christian Martin, Megan McGue, and Evan Pearson received Subtle Quality
awards. For spending notable time after school working on their publication,
Lauren Lecy and Gregory Mochen of the Sandscript received Midnight Oil
awards.